Tensions in the Parent and Adult Child Relationship: Links to Solidarity and Ambivalence
Tensions in the Parent and Adult Child Relationship: Links to Solidarity and Ambivalence
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DOI：
10.1037/a0015196
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Lefkowitz, Eva S.
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作者：
Birditt, Kira S.;Miller, Laura M.;Lefkowitz, Eva S.
紧张关系在父母和成年子女的关系中是正常的，但很少有研究引起最紧张的话题，或者紧张关系是否与整体关系质量有关。在这项研究中，成年的儿子和女儿，年龄22至49岁，他们的母亲和父亲（N = 158个家庭，474人）报告了不同的紧张话题和关系质量（团结和矛盾）的强度。家庭内部和家庭之间的紧张关系因世代、性别和后代年龄而异。相对于个别问题的紧张关系，紧张关系与较低的情感团结和更大的矛盾。研究结果与发展分裂假说一致，这表明亲子紧张关系很常见，并且是发展需求差异的结果，这些差异因代际、性别和年龄而异。
Tensions are normative in the parent and adult child relationship, but there is little research on the topics that cause the most tension or whether tensions are associated with overall relationship quality. In this study, adult sons and daughters, age 22 to 49, and their mothers and fathers (N = 158 families, 474 individuals) reported the intensity of different tension topics and relationship quality (solidarity and ambivalence) with one another. Tensions varied between and within families by generation, gender, and age of offspring. Compared to tensions regarding individual issues, tensions regarding the relationship were associated with lower affective solidarity and greater ambivalence. Findings are consistent with the developmental schism hypothesis, which indicates that parent-child tensions are common and are the result of discrepancies in developmental needs that vary by generation, gender, and age.